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Morrisville, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anniston census division. The Survey maps it on the Eulaton quadrangle.

Morrisville within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

102 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Morrisville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,842 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use32
Arson/incendiarism29
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20130908-001
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-32
27 September 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160927-13
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-13
25 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use800 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160925-18
21 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Morrisville: 15 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ohatchee QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pelham Range Lead ProspectLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Brook MountainIronUnknown
Cane Creek MinesIronPast Producer1840
Cane Creek MinesIronPast ProducerResidual
Gladden PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Ingram WellsIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Polkville (historical)0.6 miles19
Zula (historical)1.8 miles19
Bera (historical)2.2 miles19
Beasley (historical)2.5 miles18
Peaceburg2.6 miles19
Cane Creek (historical)2.7 miles24
Lowrimores Crossroads3.0 miles18
Middleton3.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156738. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.